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OK I'm probably opening my self wide open on a couple of short videos combined in to one, Wind was very bumpy and not easy to hold the fade.Do take note: I'm still a rookie at this sport and working to improve.

Holding a fade is like holding a hover on with a Quad. If you start thinking about what you're doing, it's gone. All instinct and muscle memory.

I remember back when I started I would admire a real nice rising fade done by some experienced flyer and think "they make it look easy". At some point I realized that experience lead them to go for the flashy fade only in favorable conditions and with a fade friendly kite.

Hey KJ...Fades look really good. Certainly one of the tricks that demand the most of your kite control. I'll bet your side slides are looking pretty good, too. I like to mix a flic flac in inbetween long fades, it's a good way to scrub of some height if your fade rises too high. I've been concentrating lately on things like keeping a fade or doing a longer slide because other tricks have been eluding me.Nice work, and keep posting videos. We need more videos for the long winter months !~Rob.

I would like to thank all of for all the kind words, in the past couple of months I have improved my skills. I have been trying to get the wife to do a little video of my half axels, George (moegeo) last month in Manteca realy help me on getting the hang on how to due them, now to smooth them out and work on a smooth cascade

The fade launch is one of the harder ones to get nailed - but once you figure it out it comes very easy. One of the problems I had with the fade launch was that I was nailing the kite off of the ground with a very firm pop. I later found out that the fade launch is a very SLOW and controlled "sweep" of the arms backwards and then forwards for slack so that the kite "Swoops" up into the fade. When done controlled (like in this excellent video) the nose rotates around easy and you can catch it with your hands.

The most important thing for the fade is that you MUST move your feet! When the kite is in the fade it takes much more wind to hold it there than normal flying - I find I almost always have to back up to keep the kite locked into the fade. Gusty winds can be even more difficult to hold.

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